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The Titanic, A Troop Transport? It was the Biblical prophet Isaiah who first proclaimed “…they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears...
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The Titanic, A Troop Transport? It was the Biblical prophet Isaiah who first proclaimed “…they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears...
Today, there are eight permanent museum battleships in existence in the United States – nine if you count the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl...
Battleship Montana: The Super Battleships Never Built – In September 2020, the future Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Montana (SSN-794) was christened in a ceremony at Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII)...
Despite being de facto “allies” in the years leading up the First World War, Austria-Hungary and the Kingdom of Italy distrusted each other. The...
Naming conventions in the U.S. Navy can’t always be explained. Aircraft carriers are now named for past U.S. presidents or those who played an...
The USS Texas (BB-35), completed in 1914, remains the only battleship in existence to have seen service in both World Wars. She is has...
On December 7, 1941, the United States Navy suffered the greatest loss in its history. The force of the Imperial Japanese Navy targeted the eight U.S. battleships that...
Sea Shadow, A Short Stealth History: A key plot element of the 1997 James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies involved media baron Elliot Carver...
Ask any armchair historian to name the largest naval battle in history and a typical response is the “Battle of Leyte Gulf,” fought in...
How did we convince ourselves that naval power didn’t matter? Navies haven’t disappeared, of course, but reasons to believe in the decisive nature of...